Edinburgh airport is set to build a new access road after revealing it is at ‘the edge of capacity’, it has emerged.
The airport is Scotland’s busiest and broke national records in June when 1,173,953 passengers passed through - a 6.8% increase on the same month last year and the busiest ever June at a Scottish airport.
The Scotsman newspaper reports that the airport is willing to contribute millions of pounds to the project to end congestion on the current Eastfield Road access road that can cause traffic jams to stretch back onto the A8.
Chief executive Gordon Dewar said the road would be a catalyst for building an international business gateway business park nearby.
Mr Dewar said: ‘We are absolutely at the edge of our surface access capacity. The tram and forthcoming Gogar tram-train interchange are fantastic stuff but fundamentally, we do not have a road access solution yet.’
The airport is also currently consulting on expansion plans that could see changes to flight paths too.
Mr Dewar said: 'Our continual growth underlines the need for Edinburgh Airport to adapt so we can accommodate the ever increasing number of people wanting to fly in and out of Scotland’s Capital city.
'It is for this reason that we are engaged in the initial consultation stage of an Airspace Change Programme and I would encourage everyone to log onto http://www.letsgofurther.com/ and have their say to help the design of future flight path changes.'
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